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Baker's Falls, horton plains national park Sri Lanka

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Is Sri Lanka the best all-round wildlife destination in the         world? Can Sri Lanka make the bold claim that it is the  best all-round wildlife destination in the world? The evidence at present is that it certainly has a strong claim if the criteria are based on seeing highly desired charismatic animals, especially large ones, as well as high bio-diversity, with very good encounter rates, in a long-haul holiday time frame, at an affordable cost, for both land and marine wildlife. However, it is only recently that enough building blocks to make such a claim have been sufficiently established. The views in the article on what makes a good all-round wildlife destination are based on the needs of wildlife film crews, wildlife writers and photographers and specialist wildlife travellers who wish to pack in a lot of story-worthy wildlife viewing, filming and photography into short time frames. Sri Lanka's claim to be the best all-round wildlife desti...

sri lankan sloth bear Yala national park

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Climbing Samanala Kanda (Adam's Peak) during the off season Add caption Samanala Kanda(butterfly mountain) Sri pada , Adam's peak is a beautiful 2243m (7459ft) tall conical mountain in southern reaches of the central highlands .   it is belongs to Rathnapura district(Sabaragamuwa  province) Nuwara Elliya (central province) According to the Sri Lanka’s great chronicle, Mahawamsa, Buddha visited Sri Lanka three times. The last time he traveled from Kalaniya to Sri Pada, and then to Digawapi. It is said that Buddha left his foot print on the rock at top of the mountain at the invitation of the Deity Sumana Saman Best Trails  Access to the mountain is possible by 6 trails But the usual route taken by most pilgrims is ascent via Hatton-Nallathanni ,and Ratnapura-Palabaddala During the off season Hatton Nallathanni is the best and safe trail that i can  recommended    To see the the amazing sunset you have to be there early mornin...

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Wild boar tarporley in yala national park

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New mysterious riddles of Sri Lanka. What unites the ancient civilization of the Indian subcontinent with Africa, Atlantis and South America? MIHINTALE, SIGIRIYA AND YAPAHUWA: MYSTERIOUS TRIANGLE OF SACRAL OBJECTS, MEMORY OF WHOSE WENT THROUGH THE MILLENNIUMS. CHAPTER 4 OF A DETAILED PHOTO ESSAY ON SIGIRIYA. This is a continuation of the: Chapter 1. Detailed Photo Essay on Sigiriya, or Lion's Rock, in Sri Lanka: Thoughts and Impressions of My Visit. Chapter 2. Sigiriya - what is it? A 'Garden of Eden' or The Fountains of Paradise? and Chapter 3. What Pidurangala is – a monastery in caves or an ancient Over-the-Horizon Early Warning Radar next to the Sigiriya "Lion's Rock"? The "lion's Rock" of Sigiriya, placed near the mysterious Pidurangala "pyramid rock", really appears as a heart of the vast complex located in Sri Lanka, the memory about the importance of which and all of its sacred items have reached our da...